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Suggestions with strong characters
This is an unusual request by someone who enjoys reading Jane Austen and J.R.R. Tolkien for the strong characters with principles portrayed in their works.
- Master and Commander by Patrick O'Brian
- Jane Fairfax by Joan Aiken
- Plainsong by Kent Haruf
- The Living by Annie Dillard
- Eye of the World by Robert Jordan the first volume in the Wheel of Time Series
- Star Wars: A New Hope by George Lucas, the first volume in the original Star Wars series, and subsequent volumes, The Empire Strikes Back by Donald Glut and Return of the Jedi by James Kahn.